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YokimaSun writes:
In these days where we all own a Mobile Phone, a PC, A Laptop, a Tablet and maybe your thinking of owning a Raspberry PI or the soon to be released Ouya Console. What would you say if there was a joypad released that also doubled as a keyboard which worked on everyone one of them. That dream is realised with a new open source joypad called the iControlPad 2, the joypad works with any device that has bluetooth or USB Connectivity, it features Dual analogue controls, a 4 row Qwerty Keyboard, Shoulder and Face Buttons and a 14 hour Battery life. Could be the perfect answer for those who hate playing touchscreen games on the likes of iPhone/iPad.
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Croakyvoice writes:
In these days where we all own a Mobile Phone, a PC, A Laptop, a Tablet and maybe your thinking of owning a Raspberry PI or the soon to be released Ouya Console. What would you say if there was a joypad released that also doubled as a keyboard which worked on everyone one of them. That dream is realised with a new open source joypad called the iControlPad 2, the joypad works with any device that has bluetooth or USB Connectivity, it features Dual analogue controls, a 4 row Qwerty Keyboard, Shoulder and Face Buttons and a 14 hour Battery life. Could be the perfect answer for those who hate playing touchscreen games on the likes of iPhone/iPad.
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YokimaSun writes:
Nintendo have revealed the release date of the WiiU, in Japan it will launch on the 8th December. The console will ship in 2 versions a Basic version with 8GB of internal memory and a Premium version that has 32GB of internal memory and comes with a stand and docks. Both versions have 1GB of Main and the same for Game Memory. Nintendo claim the console is 20 times more powerful than the Wii and supports 1080p visuals out the box and comes with an hdmi cable. All existing Wii accessories will work with the WiiU but the new Tablet Gamepad will set you back around £100/$173 when you convert yen over. The price of the Premium SKU converts to £250/ $405 but expect that to change when each region announces their release date and price.
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YokimaSun writes:
The Dreamcast is now 13 years old, the last of Sega`s consoles spawned such great games such as Shenmue, Sonic Adventure 2, Soul Calibur, Crazy Taxi, Resident Evil: Code Veronica and Metropolis Street Racer. Also noteable was the Bleemcast project which got killed off when Sony werent too happy at seeing a PSX Emulator on the Dreamcast. The Console has lived on since Sega pulled the plug in the shape of homebrew games and emulators with sites such as DCEmu, Sega-DC DE and Dreamcast ES still to this day actively supporting the console. Even this year indie developers are still releasing commercial games for the Dreamcast.
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Busshy writes:
Since the release of the PSVita the console has clearly stuttered with sales that are pretty dreadful especially in its homeland in japan, where the PSP was selling more until this week with the release of Hatsune Miku Project Diva F which has seen PSVita sales quadruple. For the rest of the planet sales are still slow thanks to a dull line up of games. This could change now as Yifan Lu the coder of the Kindle Hack and PSX Xperia has revealed that he is now working on a Native Loader for the PSVita, basically its an Userland Vita Loader for loading unsigned executables on your Vita in other words a Homebrew Loader for the PSVita. To calm Sony fears he claims it is physically impossible to run "backups" with the exploit. The exploit cannot decrypt or load retail games. At this time the exploit is unreleased, naturally he doesnt want Sony to plug it.
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Croakyvoice writes:
In what seems to be the in thing at the moment comes another auction to add to last months Zelda Nes auction and that crazy Million Dollar Collection. This time for RPG fans this could be classed as the Holy Grail of Nes games. The game in question is Final Fantasy 2 which was never released outside of Japan but luckily for the person who at this time is selling this on Ebay for 50K, there was one made for the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by SquareSoft, sadly the USA version never had a release because they decided to work on the SuperNes instead.
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Croakyvoice writes:
Recently we have seen some truly amazing auctions show up on Ebay, the Legend of Zelda Nes game that was on sale for 150K and the $1.2 Million Ultmate Video Game Collection. Well now another of the Holy Grails of the video game world is now up for sale, Final Fantasy 2 was never released outside of Japan when Square opted to scrap its work on the Nes and focus on the 16 bit Super Nintendo. This particular cartridge was put together by the folks at Square Soft USA to display at the 1991 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Cart is the only one in existance.
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YokimaSun writes:
The world of Homebrew coders never fail to amaze. Over on the AtariAge forums a coder by the name of Sprybug has released a clone of the original Super Mario Bros for the Atari 2600, the game has the complete first level and he intends to code all the first 4 worlds into the game. Those of you impressed by this effort will also find this 3D Mario on the Sega Saturn mouthwatering.
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Busshy writes:
Slashdot in March reported on the Next Xbox codenamed Durango, since then the Development Kit has been seen floating around the net and even the likes of Digital Foundry contacted the source who claimed he owned the kit and they validated his story. Yesterday in another twist to the story the Next Xbox Dev Kit was posted on an Ebay Auction by the orginal storybreaker selling for $20,000. Did Microsoft buy back their Devkit?
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YokimaSun writes:
SuperDaE who posted photos of the Xbox Durango Development kit in July, has now followed that up with an auction on Ebay in which the Durango Dev Kit went for a rather wallet busting $20,000 with a total of 43 bids. Digital Foundry talked to the source and from their findings the kit seems to be the Next Xbox Development kit.
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YokimaSun writes:
Its been well documented that Amazon the worlds biggest Online site has suffered a massive drop in profits, on the surface though you wouldnt be able to tell any difference. The folks over at 3DS News have spotted that even though the 3DS XL is a week away from being released in the USA theres no preorders on the Amazon site yet competitors such as Walmart and BestBuy both have preorders. Have Amazon upset the likes of Nintendo or is this just the fact that someone hasnt updated their pages yet ?
